Banzao Mencia Vino de Villa
Banzao Mencia Vino de Villa
Price incl. alcohol tax, shipping and VAT.
Winemaker's notes
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
Banzao - Valle del Ancares will receive and pack your order (1 - 4 days)
The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
Product details
About the wine and its characterCountry:
Spain
Region/Subregion:
Castile and Léon/Bierzo
Classification:
DO
Certification:
-
Grape:
Palomino Fino (2.5%)
Godello (2.5%)
Mencia (95%)
Vintage year:
2023
Color:
cherry
Aroma:
-
Taste:
-
Alcohol content:
12.5%
Sugar content:
0 g/l
Acidity:
5.25
pH-value:
3.75
Sweetness:
Dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Natural cork
Bottle:
Glass
Best Served:
15 - 18 °C
Food pairing:
Beef, Cheese - goat cheese, Cheese - mature and hard, Lamb, Mushrooms, Pasta / Pizza, Poultry
Ageing potential:
1 - 10 years
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta / Pizza
- Poultry
Vinification, winemaker's own words
Soils:
Clay, Gravel, Slate
Terroir:
Vines planted in the 40s and 50s of the twentieth century. Controlled area, during 2019: 3 ha divided into 18 plots in 8 different sites. Vineyards located in the Ancares River Valley, an area included in the Biosphere Reserve of Ancares Leoneses. Gobelet or Bush vines. Pruning and crop management focused on vineyard recovery. Average yield of 2,500 kg/ha.
Harvest:
Picked by hand
Fermentation:
Steel (60%)
Old oak (40%)
Storage:
Old oak (100%) 7 months
Bottle (100%) 12 months
Winemaker:
Silvia Marrao Barreiro
Manual harvest in 15 kg boxes. Fermented in barrels and stainless steel tanks; 40% of the grapes with stems and rest softly destemmed without crushing. Native yeast. Aged for 9 months in 500 and 225 litre barrels. Aged for 12 months in the bottle.